Ryan Sharman
Music Video Report
Director – ‘A music video director is a director of music videos. The director conceives of a
video's artistic and dramatic aspects while instructing the musical act, technical
crew, actors, models, and dancers. This may or may not be in collaboration with the musical act’
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_video_director
The director is someone who decides what happens with the music video and what goes in frame
and decides what to shoot and how to shoot certain parts/scenes. They also decide what gets said in
what scene etc and basically just manages the making and the shooting of the music video.
Camera person –‘A camera operator or cameraman/camerawoman is a professional operator of
a film or video camera. In filmmaking, the leading camera operator is usually called
a cinematographer, while a camera operator in a video production may be known as a television
camera operator, video camera operator, or videographer, depending on the context and
technology involved, usually operating a professional video camera’
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_operator
A camera person is in control of the camera, usually managed by the director. The director will give
him/her a list of angles and shots to shoot from also they’ll need a good sense of visual composition,
perspective and movement to get the best shots and scenes.
Boom Operator – ‘A Boom operator is an assistant of the production sound mixer. The principal
responsibility of the boom operator is microphone placement, usually using a boom pole (or
"fishpole") with a microphone attached to the end, his aim being to hold the microphone as close
to the actors or action as possible without allowing the microphone or boom to enter the camera's
frame’
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_operator_(media)
A sound recording person (Boom Operator) is a very important job because all the sound is needed
to produce and make the music video successful. They need to be paying attention when film to
know where to move the boom pole in case they don’t catch the sound.
Lighting Technician – ‘Electrical Lighting Technicians (ELT) or simply Lighting Tech., are involved
with rigging stage and location sets and controlling artificial, electric lights for art and
entertainment venues (theatre or live music venues) or in video, television, or film production’
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighting_technician
The lighting person (Lighting Technician) is someone whose role is quite important. The lighting
technician is in charge of the lighting and how it works and looks on screen etc. For example if the
lighting wasn’t correct or set up properly it could make the certain scene underexposed or
overexposed.

Job roles

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    Ryan Sharman Music VideoReport Director – ‘A music video director is a director of music videos. The director conceives of a video's artistic and dramatic aspects while instructing the musical act, technical crew, actors, models, and dancers. This may or may not be in collaboration with the musical act’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_video_director The director is someone who decides what happens with the music video and what goes in frame and decides what to shoot and how to shoot certain parts/scenes. They also decide what gets said in what scene etc and basically just manages the making and the shooting of the music video. Camera person –‘A camera operator or cameraman/camerawoman is a professional operator of a film or video camera. In filmmaking, the leading camera operator is usually called a cinematographer, while a camera operator in a video production may be known as a television camera operator, video camera operator, or videographer, depending on the context and technology involved, usually operating a professional video camera’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_operator A camera person is in control of the camera, usually managed by the director. The director will give him/her a list of angles and shots to shoot from also they’ll need a good sense of visual composition, perspective and movement to get the best shots and scenes.
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    Boom Operator –‘A Boom operator is an assistant of the production sound mixer. The principal responsibility of the boom operator is microphone placement, usually using a boom pole (or "fishpole") with a microphone attached to the end, his aim being to hold the microphone as close to the actors or action as possible without allowing the microphone or boom to enter the camera's frame’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_operator_(media) A sound recording person (Boom Operator) is a very important job because all the sound is needed to produce and make the music video successful. They need to be paying attention when film to know where to move the boom pole in case they don’t catch the sound. Lighting Technician – ‘Electrical Lighting Technicians (ELT) or simply Lighting Tech., are involved with rigging stage and location sets and controlling artificial, electric lights for art and entertainment venues (theatre or live music venues) or in video, television, or film production’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighting_technician The lighting person (Lighting Technician) is someone whose role is quite important. The lighting technician is in charge of the lighting and how it works and looks on screen etc. For example if the
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    lighting wasn’t corrector set up properly it could make the certain scene underexposed or overexposed.